Caught on Tape: Police Slam Steak Knife Grandma

WHITEHALL, Ohio (AP) An Ohio police department says it has received scores of calls from around the country complaining about a YouTube video showing an officer taking an 84-year-old woman to the ground.

Police Chief Richard Zitzke in the Columbus suburb of Whitehall says the officer did what she had to do when the woman was seen holding a steak knife in a Walmart parking lot on Aug. 1.

Police say the woman has Alzheimer's.

Zitzke says police have tried to explain their side to callers from as far as Texas and California.